Offshore staff
PARIS, France — Technip Energies, X1 Wind and a consortium of 10 international entities have been selected by the European Commission to deliver the NextFloat project, a program accelerating industrial-scale floating wind.
The NextFloat project main objectives are to demonstrate a competitive, sustainable and integrated floating offshore wind solution optimized for deep waters and to accelerate the industrial-scale deployment of floating offshore wind.
The integrated solution relies on X1 Wind disruptive floating offshore wind technology, allowing for a lighter floater design and a reduced steel requirement as well as a more efficient and compact mooring system, ultimately minimizing the impact on seabed.
The project includes the deployment of a full-scale 6-MW prototype at Mistral test site in the French Mediterranean Sea to demonstrate the concept in operational condition. It is enabled by the participation of the Open-C foundation, which structures and operates all the test sites for marine renewable energies and offshore wind power in France.
The integrated system design, its manufacturing, assembly and installation procedures will thus be tested at a scale that is relevant for the upcoming commercial offshore wind farms, which will require industrialized solutions for applications in excess of 15 MW and beyond.
Additionally, the consortium also counts with the participation of Naturgy, 2B-Energy, Hellenic Cables, Ocean Ecostructures, Schwartz Hautmont, Tersan Shipyard, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, Ocas, Hydro and the Technical University of Denmark. The grant agreement is under negotiations with the European Commission, and the project is expected to start in fourth-quarter 2022.
07.18.2022
